How do you trust someone who shouts at you?
by David Paice on Jun 19, 2025
Is it better to be feared or loved? How can someone be expected to perform a task diligently if they are coerced through aggression to do so. Yet it depends on perspective as well. Seen through the eyes of the boss, might it be possible to correlate productivity with shouty-ness?
The Influence Team Performance Coaching Can Have On Your Organisation
by David Paice on Jun 12, 2025
All the best sporting teams thrive under the guidance of exceptional coaches - this is an undeniable truth. Teams would not progress very far without people who can observe what’s happening at a distance and intervene to make improvements. Team performance coaching is a critical inves …
A Culture of Trust and Trust in the Culture
by Gordon Lyle on May 22, 2025
Do you remember where you were on the morning of July 7th, 2005?
Groupthink: The Hidden Danger Undermining Team Decisions
by David Paice on May 15, 2025
In corporate boardrooms and team meetings alike, unanimous agreement can sometimes signal a hidden problem. When the drive for harmony overtakes critical evaluation, teams fall prey to groupthink – often with disastrous results.
Giving corrective feedback without undermining trust
by David Paice on May 12, 2025
Providing corrective feedback is an essential part of effective management, yet it can be fraught with challenges, particularly when it comes to maintaining trust. Trust is foundational to high-performing teams (Costa & Anderson, 2011), and mishandling feedback can erode it quickl …
How To Break Down Organisational Silos
by David Paice on May 1, 2025
Take two teams to the North Pole. Set one on a course directly south and the other with just a 1-degree variation. Within 15 minutes, they’ll lose sight of each other. Aligning teams around a shared goal may sound simple, but in practice, it’s far more challenging.
5 Ways To Build Trust Within a Team
by David Paice on Apr 24, 2025
Trust is a foundation of any high-performing team, unlocking better communication, engagement, and results. Research shows that employees at high-trust companies experience significantly less stress and higher productivity than those at low-trust organisations [1]. Building trust take …
Team Leader Coaching: The Key To Navigating Change More Effectively
by David Paice on Apr 17, 2025
Human beings are hardwired to seek stability and avoid change as change is synonymous with risk and the unknown. Unfortunately, this can impede the ability of individual employees and their teams to navigate change constructively, leading to conflict and poor performance. Individuals …
How To Be Trustworthy?
by David Webster on Apr 10, 2025
It was 12 noon on the first morning of our two days together. My colleague and I invited the Executive Team to consider the qualities and behaviours that would help their conversations be successful in their work together. The stakes were high – complex expectations from multiple stak …
Achieving Long Term Resilience Through The Principles Of Teamship
by David Paice on Apr 3, 2025
Effective teamship, which embodies the principles of adaptability, shared accountability, and collaboration, is the foundation of all resilient businesses. Teamship encourages teams and departments to function as interconnected units, combining their individual strengths with a shared …